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Changes and developments in Greek libraries

Alexandra Papazoglou (Alexandra Papazoglou is Director of Libraries, Hellenic American Educational Foundation, Athens, Greece. E‐mail: papaz@ns.haef.gr)
Eva Semertzaki (Eva Semertzaki is Library and Information Specialist at the Library of the Bank of Greece, Athens, Greece. E‐mail: esemertzaki@ath.forthnet.gr)

The Electronic Library

ISSN: 0264-0473

Article publication date: 1 June 2001

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Abstract

Greek libraries have experienced a tremendous evolution towards modernization during the last few years. The lack of tradition in libraries and the existence of an educational system based on the single textbook did not favor until recently the development of libraries in Greece. However, the European Community action aimed at enabling European libraries to play an important role in the information market, and the Community Support Framework, through which libraries could be funded at the national level, allowed for a dynamic set of actions for Greek libraries. All types of libraries, academic, public and school are moving ahead – 500 school libraries were established in secondary schools alone. In the academic libraries, the horizontal action can be proud of the creation of a consortium called HEAL LINK that shares journal subscriptions and will also operate a Union Catalog of bibliographic records. Library‐related organizations such as the National Documentation Center and the National Book Center, offer additional support in this movement of progress. This paper describes these initiatives and others.

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Papazoglou, A. and Semertzaki, E. (2001), "Changes and developments in Greek libraries", The Electronic Library, Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 158-167. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005481

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